明代秦藩永寿王《瑞莲诗图》碑考

Interpretation of the Stele of Ruilian Shitu(Poetry and Painting of Auspicious Lotus)of King Yongshou of the Ming Dynasty

西安碑林博物馆藏明弘治七年《瑞莲诗图》碑为永寿王朱诚淋颂扬宗兄秦藩朱诚泳的美德而刊刻。刻碑的动因与秦藩赏莲活动有关,碑中之图借鉴了元明以来瓷器装饰上流行的一把莲纹样,表达了廉洁、高尚、恤民、仁厚等丰富的象征意义,同时也隐含朱诚淋对秦藩子嗣绵延、政通人和的期盼。此碑为了解明代弘治中兴时期宗藩与地方民众、中央君臣的互动关系提供了重要线索。

The stele of Ruilian Shitu(Poetry and Painting of Auspicious Lotus),now being curated at the Beilin Museum of Xi’an,was engraved and erected in year seven of the Hongzhi Era of the Ming Dynasty by King Yongshou,Zhu Chenglin to praise the virtues of his brother,the Qinfan governor,Zhu Chengyong.The motivation behind the engraving of the stele was related to the Qinfan governor’s activities of appreciating lotus.The images in the stele borrowed some lotus-styled patterns commonly decorated on Yuan and Ming Dynasties porcelain,in order to express the symbolic meanings of probity,nobility,solicitude and clemency.The images also imply the idea of good wishes for the Qinfan governor’s great succession of descendants and political harmony.This stele thus provides important clues to understand the interaction between regional governors from the royal lineage and local people,and between the emperor and central governmental officers during the Hongzhi Resurgence Era of the Ming Dynasty.